Admissions Policy
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The International School Almere…
…provides a quality international middle years and secondary education in an English speaking environment. The school welcomes applications from students regardless of gender, ethnicity or religion.
Admission is open to students who can profit from a challenging, international, university preparatory education offered in the English language. The International School Almere aims to guide its students towards the IB Diploma. Therefore, the academic programme is demanding, with a strong languages component. Most of the students enter colleges, universities or other educational training programs after graduation. The middle year grades are structured, however, to accommodate a somewhat wider range of academic abilities.
Students applying for the Diploma Programme courses will have to indicate through previous achievement their ability to cope with rigorous academic work and that their level of English is satisfactory to access the programme.
Exceptions to the age guidelines are made infrequently and only upon careful evaluation of the applicant by the programme coordinator. The school will always aim to act in the best interest of the student in these matters.
In keeping with the philosophy of international education, the International School Almere does offer places to students who do not yet have fluency in English, but who can demonstrate a need for international education. This may be the case when for example parents come to The Netherlands to work and the student has little or no alternative because of the language barrier or their personal situation. To be allowed to complete the programme, the student in this case must acquire sufficient language skills within a reasonable period of time and demonstrate academic ability.
A. The child is a foreign passport holder and one of the parents is employed in the Netherlands for a limited period of time.
B. The child has Dutch nationality and has been educated outside of the Netherlands for two years or longer because one of the parents has temporarily worked abroad.
C. The child has Dutch nationality and one of the parents will be employed outside of the Netherlands within the next two years (please add employer’s declaration).
D. The child has Dutch nationality and parents demonstrate a particular need for an international education. This is possible only for the Diploma Programme. Applicants must have a good VWO4 report card in the Dutch National Curriculum and should have a high proficiency in English.
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Enrolment is possible at any time during the school year, as long as space is available. In cases where it is not possible to determine the student’s academic ability from the documentation and references provided, the student may be expected to complete an entrance test.
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